Best Open Source Projects by Indie Makers

Open source, local AI agent with desktop app, CLI and MCP extensions

Build, run and schedule AI agents from plain English or a visual builder

Open source, self-hosted control center for AI coding agents and automations

Open source font foundry since 2009, with every font free under the OFL

Open source type foundry and network of designers sharing free typefaces

Open-source face swap and lip sync platform you run on your own machine

Libre, open source type foundry for experimental display fonts since 2011

Free open-source download manager that grabs videos and files from many sites

Open-source media downloader with no ads or trackers: paste a link, get the file

Check JavaScript dependency cycles and architecture rules in milliseconds

Crowdsourced funding and investor data for private companies

Curated directory of Meta Muse agents and builds

Open-source Discord moderation bot with automated hate speech detection

Hybrid vector & BM25 search engine in pure Python

Open source browser for macOS with AI sidebar and MCP server

Tasks, focus, habits, and calendar without the dopamine bait

Track spec-driven development frameworks and projects

Automated pipeline to extract Q&A datasets from documentation

Keep desktop and lock screen wallpapers separate on macOS

Turn scripts into workflows, apps and internal tools

Open-source, no-code business automation and Zapier alternative

A powerful terminal replacement for macOS

A fast, feature-rich, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator

Network-wide ad blocking via your own DNS server

A fancy, self-hosted monitoring tool

Open-source home automation that puts local control first

The one-stop solution for all your e-book needs

The free software media system you fully control

End-to-end encrypted photo storage you can self-host

Self-hosted photo and video backup, a Google Photos alternative

The self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control

Continuous, private file synchronization between your devices

Gamify your life and build habits like a role-playing game

Powerful, intelligent flashcards for remembering anything

Organized team chat with threaded conversations

An open-source chat platform built as a Discord alternative

Delightfully simple, free and open-source forum software

The open-source platform for community discussion

A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse

A free, ethical photo-sharing platform on the fediverse

Decentralized social networking that puts you in control

A cross-platform, offline, open-source password manager

Lightweight, open-source clipboard manager for macOS

A cross-platform, open-source text expander written in Rust

Open-source project management for modern teams

The open-source Notion alternative you control

The evolution of spreadsheets, with the power of a database

Turn any database into a smart spreadsheet

Open-source, no-code database and Airtable alternative

The world's fastest framework for building websites